Let's ... / How about ...?

Suggestions

Suggestions: Let's ... / How about ...?

A suggestion is an idea or plan for the future.

What can we do tonight?

  • Let's go to the cinema. (a suggestion)
  • How about going to the theatre? (a suggestion)

1. Suggestions.

Find five suggestions in these sentences from emails. Drag the suggestions into the box.

2. Suggestions.

You can make suggestions with How about + noun / -ing ? and with Let's + infinitive.

How about dinner one evening?
How about meeting on Saturday night?
Let's meet at 7 in reception.

Complete the suggestions. Select How about or Let's.

3. Making suggestions.

Watch the videos. Drag the sentences into the correct order.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: to make a suggestion = to propose an idea

Look at the different ways of making suggestions.

Let's go to the cinema tonight.
We could go to the cinema tonight.
Why don't we go to the cinema tonight?

4. Order the words.

Make more suggestions. Put words in order to make sentences.

5. Revision: Sentence casino.

Now play the Sentence Casino game. Are the sentences grammatically correct or incorrect?

  • You start with 20 points.
  • Decide how many points you want to bet.
  • When you are correct, you win double the points.
  • When you are incorrect, you lose the points.

How many points can you win?